Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure pearlware cup as with old samplers

as with old samplers

a bit brighter silver in tone

with some spotting to the front of the right leg and some scratching and old sticker mark on the reverse

just beautifully softened around the edges with age and wear

Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure pearlware cup as with old samplersOf course found in Maine, and I know pulled out of an old boat builder's shop in Ellsworth, near Bar Harbor. I know little about the art of boat building, but sure do love a handmade tool, and clearly this was used for marking angles, I presume in a similar way to a bevel gauge. I love it as an object, with to my eye great beauty to all those graphite drawn lines, and I especially love the the knot in the wood on the left edge toward the bottom,